Respected home cinema specialist Parasound have launched a 12 channel power amp this week. This is interesting due to the way the channels...

See Part 1 here Part 2 here Having had some experience messing about with set up several times on a Thorens TD160BC MkII with different a...

Following on from the first post in this short series. The first deck up for comparison is an Ariston Audio RD11s. Do a Google image se...

Regular readers will know that the Musings home system is dominated by streaming, using a Linn Klimax DS as the main source.  Prior to strea...

Being in London Village on the same evening of the latest Linn Lounge event gave me the opportunity to listen to an Akurate DSM and Akuba...

Seen in Turkey :-)

This post was a "live blog" with updates every 5 to 10 minutes, so it probably doesn't flow that well :-) Kicking off wit...

Great way to spend father's day this year. We travelled for an hour by Sunbeam Lotus, spent 4 hours together at the audio show then had...

Showcasing the latest iteration of Linn's Exakt digital crossover / room optimisation system with the Akubarik Exact loudspeakers,  Thes...

This was a fun room.  Lots of unusual stuff in here.  I can imagine those who enjoy a laid back cool jazz tune or the more easy listening en...

A mix of static displays in one end, including this see-through power amp and cable lifters (yes, really, but if they're any good why we...

Great range of headphone amps on display in here with 6 or so decent quality headsets, pretty much as you'd expect for a Graham Slee roo...

Had a chat with the guy who runs AstinTrew which turns out to be a British company.  We didn't discuss where the stuff is actually assem...

A very high end system in this room with beautifully built and rather industrial looking Systemdek,  Audio Origami arm (does this have its r...

There were 2 systems set up in here - one at each end of a very large space.  The system below was playing at the time we were in there.  Un...

OK, lets the get the first thing out of the way.  This is not a visually domestically acceptable system, at least not in our house.  I have...

Ah, the legend that is Audio Note (at least in some circles, and tents).  Being a bit better organised than previous rooms I've seen wit...